Eternity Avowed - Obsidian's first person action-RPG in the Pillars of Eternity setting - coming November 12th(?)

[Lemming42]

writing is as shitty as you can expect from obsidian, after they lost all people of value in that department. look at 24:28.
the protagonist asks: "For How long have you been here?"
plant queen (very creative character btw): "For all time."
and directly after your next dialogue choice, she says that "(the heart) belonged to someone who tended this grove longer than I have been here."

This whole exchange made me laugh so much that I decided to see if AI could beat Obsidian's writers. I fed the in-game dialogue into it, then let AI continue the conversation, responding to my questions:

I buy it. An unthinking, unalive, unfeeling computer program has more or less managed to write Obsidian out of a corner. The sooner these jokers are replaced by machines, the better.

 

[markec]

No romance for the players. But they get to watch others have sex in a corner lmao.

 

[Sòren]

writing is as shitty as you can expect from obsidian, after they lost all people of value in that department. look at 24:28.
the protagonist asks: "For How long have you been here?"
plant queen (very creative character btw): "For all time."
and directly after your next dialogue choice, she says that "(the heart) belonged to someone who tended this grove longer than I have been here."

This whole exchange made me laugh so much that I decided to see if AI could beat Obsidian's writers. I fed the in-game dialogue into it, then let AI continue the conversation, responding to my questions:

I buy it. An unthinking, unalive, unfeeling computer program has more or less managed to write Obsidian out of a corner. The sooner these jokers are replaced by machines, the better.

that's really not bad. i am impressed.

 

[Orange Clock]

All this trailers, interviews and reveals.. yet still they don’t answer two most important questions(for us, Deadfire fans)

1. Di verus, are we to expect foreign words thrown into conversations, ac? They must add them, I say. Make the world so much immersive and believable, per complanca. (Also add mouseover loredumps)
2. I didn’t see any pets. Does it mean we won’t be able to get our own animal harem in camp? Or is it a Ranger ability

 

[zaze]

writing is as shitty as you can expect from obsidian, after they lost all people of value in that department. look at 24:28.
the protagonist asks: "For How long have you been here?"
plant queen (very creative character btw): "For all time."
and directly after your next dialogue choice, she says that "(the heart) belonged to someone who tended this grove longer than I have been here."

This whole exchange made me laugh so much that I decided to see if AI could beat Obsidian's writers. I fed the in-game dialogue into it, then let AI continue the conversation, responding to my questions:

I buy it. An unthinking, unalive, unfeeling computer program has more or less managed to write Obsidian out of a corner. The sooner these jokers are replaced by machines, the better.

don't you worry I'm sure they'll find a way to enshittify AI too

 

[Heroic Liberator]

No romance for the players. But they get to watch others have sex in a corner lmao.

 

[Lemming42]

Wait, Josh isn't involved? I've been wishing agony and excrement and death upon him for TOW, but looking it up, it turns out he really isn't involved with that or with this. Josh, I am so sorry. I'm so ashamed of what I've been wishing upon you. I'll go back to wishing misery upon you for PoE instead.

 

[luj1]

it really makes no difference if he's on it

 

[Butter]

Wait, Josh isn't involved? I've been wishing agony and excrement and death upon him for TOW, but looking it up, it turns out he really isn't involved with that or with this. Josh, I am so sorry. I'm so ashamed of what I've been wishing upon you. I'll go back to wishing misery upon you for PoE instead.

One wonders what he actually has been doing since his visual novel shipped more than 18 months ago. As much as Feargus loves him, he probably still has to keep up appearances of doing work.

 

[normie]

No romance for the players. But they get to watch others have sex in a corner lmao.

hmm space buns
I remember a fan of space buns

There are space buns in the game!

I just really hope that there's at least a space buns option, tho my dream would be a middle parted with hair clips lewk!

2. Since i’m a girl irl (in real life) and also like to play girls afrl (away from real life), can you give your girl protagonists space buns (a super trendy irl hairstyle fyi) with pastel hair tips in the outer worlds character creator?

 

[Vulpes]

What's their sales pitch even supposed to be? Who the fuck is their target audience? Obsidian fans who like exploring the world of PoE? Do those people even exist? It's certainly not gamers who enjoy ARPGs for the gameplay, because it looks barely better than vanilla Skyrim.

No romance for the players. But they get to watch others have sex in a corner lmao.

 

[Lemming42]

What's their sales pitch even supposed to be? Who the fuck is their target audience? Obsidian fans who like exploring the world of PoE? Do those people even exist? It's certainly not gamers who enjoy ARPGs for the gameplay, because it looks barely better than vanilla Skyrim.

I doubt whoever gave the project the green light had any deeper reasoning than "a Skyrim clone might make money". The PoE setting won't help much but it probably won't hinder either; most people who do play this will just be looking for any old ARPG and think "ooh, looks a bit like a shitty Skyrim knockoff" without knowing/caring about PoE. On top of that, as with TOW, there might be a few people who hear the name Obsidian and think of New Vegas and go into the game based on that goodwill, which will probably be immediately exhausted in the first hour of the game.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Companions and romances in videogames are such a fucking waste of resources it's surreal.
It's your adventure, as a player/character, not of others with you. The whole game should be tailored to dealing with obstacles by oneself not with friends. How is this blatant aspect ignored so much?

As much as anyone focused on gameplay detests companion romances, the success of Baldur's Gate 3 has ensured this will be a prominent feature of large-budget party-based RPGs for the forseeable future (and even including Bethesda-style PC plus one companion RPGs; Starfield already had romances for the four mandatory companions). From the perspective of profit maximization, this is sadly the opposite of wasting resources, for any game in which companion romances are feasible.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Gamers be thirsty.

 

[JarlFrank]

companions

It's a first person action RPG, I don't understand why anyone would even want companions in a game like that. They just get in your way.

 

[normie]

Gamers be thirsty.

 

[mediocrepoet]

The four companions are the aumaua guy, the oceanfolk woman, the orlan gal, and a bearded dwarf guy. Predicting the orlan's going to be popular.

What the hell? Is that xeet real?

How is it possible that Obsidian is even worse without Soyer on the project?

 

[TheKing01]

No romance for the players. But they get to watch others have sex in a corner lmao.

Another product pushing for the normalization of beastiality. It's interesting how we as a species are on a trajectory of complete and total degeneracy, almost in spite of the mistakes of the past

 

[Baron Tahn]

Is mod support in? I think it's quite wish to ditch romances. Waste of fucking energy and if mods are in and the game is decent there will be stuff for sure.

Ed: wise not wish

 

[Lemming42]

Is there a more boring name for a setting than "The Living Lands". What's fucking next. How about "The Questing Realms" or "The Legendary Isles". Fuck off.

 

[Roguey]

One wonders what he actually has been doing since his visual novel shipped more than 18 months ago. As much as Feargus loves him, he probably still has to keep up appearances of doing work.

He gives feedback on Avowed and TOW 2 that nobody has to listen to and is being held on to until they get the greenlight for a project he's excited about.

Another product pushing for the normalization of beastiality. It's interesting how we as a species are on a trajectory of complete and total degeneracy, almost in spite of the mistakes of the past

Furries are not bestiality.

 

[Lemming42]

Has anyone downloaded the "fankit" on their site? In addition to cosplay guides (for characters you've not encountered in an unreleased game you haven't played), you can get some cool screenshots:

You could tell me this was TOW and I would not look twice. It's actually "The Slumbering Fields" apparently (christ) but it looks like TOW to me.

They also include a screenshot of what appears to be The Elder Scrolls Online:

EDIT: I think they forgot to include the cosplay guide. It's not here!

 

[Butter]

He gives feedback on Avowed and TOW 2 that nobody has to listen to and is being held on to until they get the greenlight for a project he's excited about.

He's gone on record saying he makes upwards of 200k per year. Nobody's feedback is worth that much, and I can't believe they'd tolerate him sitting around for a year and a half because "nothing excites him". Then pitch something, you fucking clown.

 

[Roguey]

He's gone on record saying he makes upwards of 200k per year. Nobody's feedback is worth that much, and I can't believe they'd tolerate him sitting around for a year and a half because "nothing excites him". Then pitch something, you fucking clown.

Feargus obviously puts a great deal of value on Josh and it's been said that MS really wants a follow-up to New Vegas if the stars on that can ever align.

 

[Child of Malkav]

As much as anyone focused on gameplay detests companion romances, the success of Baldur's Gate 3 has ensured this will be a prominent feature of large-budget party-based RPGs for the forseeable future (and even including Bethesda-style PC plus one companion RPGs; Starfield already had romances for the four mandatory companions). From the perspective of profit maximization, this is sadly the opposite of wasting resources, for any game in which companion romances are feasible.

Yeah but it still is unexplainable, unless you explain with "lol, money".